New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-02
a TARIFF TTNKEPS PLANS and VIEWS.
CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER WOULD ENLARGE THE

CONGRESSMAN bPRlN0ER WOULD ENLARGE The
FREE LIST To REDUCE THE REVENUE.
Congressman William L. Springer, Of Illinois, was
at tho sturtevant House yesterday lie ranks among
the leading advocates OF tariff reduction I'm the House,
and as . prominent Democrat has decided views upon
that subject, which he outlined in brief interview
There are serious obstacles and difficulties to he
encountered In approaching this subject he sald OF
which am not unaware. The results OF tho Tariff
bill passed In the XLvIIth Congress have demonstrated
the fact that per cent reduction OF the present tax
docs not necessarily reduce the revenue If customs
tax is prohlbtory now, at say 100, and you rcducc 1t
10 co. 1t may stIll be prohbitory. II you reduce IL
below tbs prohibitory point It MAY increase instead
Of reducing the This IS Illustrated by 'he
ducon steel rails Under the old tariff they $1,000
at 500. That tax reduced TO $11 80 per TON
The manufacturers hero all protested and groaned
Yet the lower tax Is prohbitory and the Importation
has not increased No steel rails are brought In here
except under special conditions. contractor, for
instance may be under obligation TO Furnish steei
rails by given time. His hands may strike ana no
be obliged fill his contract under heavy pcna'y'
by sending London he gets Ills rails here IN ten
days and saves himself 1t Is only In sueh cases
as these that steel rails now imported. Tho re-
ducOn Of the tariff by perceEagcs does not Hee' 'hc
situation"
"what articles would you place on the free hst =
aFIrst of all wool 1t Is article OF use anu
necessity to every man, woman anu chn III 'no 'o
try from youth TO old age. Our Clothing Is mauo Vi
It, the carpets and furniture uphokterng OF our
bouses the blankets with which we cover our pedS'
After that would select lumber, iron and coal VIC
could take 90 per cent OF sugar, and MAKE d louuo
tion Of $40 600 OcO. In the matter of sugar, AZ VIC
produce only about 10 per cent OF tho aDo"H' ~
sumcd In this country, reduction OF III per GEM ''
he calculated upon and It's results determined aceua o
,v The present revenue is Ss0,00oOoo and ~ per
cen. og would leave $40 OOO, 900. am not In iavp,
~ nutting sugar on the free list because II We shou
DO that spain would raise her export duty anu Zap
the bcneGi without lcssenng the cost OF sugar " qua
Consumers We tried that on coffee WIN Brazil AM
the price of coffee remains the Same as oeIofe We nav
The change Free wool and CORES ponhs r'n a ,
on manufactured woollen articles would Guy Oh S'
eS.rcn IN twenty million dollars. Ths WOMB not s""'
dnun any factories because the manniac tnier, I'll
INV woo In the markets OF the world, IlStcau Va "0
limited home marict" -
49," How about tobacco y -. -. ,on..
al am ouposed 10 the reduction OF the tax on ,ooao
IN althnueh il may be that reduction o. me 'aA VI
mauufacturcd tobacco Will D. adopted a. ccnplon.so
such a reduction would reduce tho revenue anu INC
nrca 10 consumers, bccause manufactured tolac 10
sold by The pound ~, -, ,lo corn
DO You think the tariff will be changed al tho COM
think we will make effort TO change so as 70
stop the accumulation of revenue in the Treasury anu
reduce tho SuIpitls."